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§ 148. Lighter ways of expressing purpose are — (a) The use of וְ (simple vav) with juss., coh., e.g. after an imper., or anything with the meaning of imper., as juss., cohort. Gen. 24:14 הַטִּי־נָא כַדֵּךְ וְאֶשְׁתֶּה let down thy pitcher that I may drink. Cf. Is. 5:19 after למען in first clause. Similarly after optative, neg., and interrog. sentences. See §§ 62, 63. In this case the neg. purpose is expressed by וְלֹא with impf., or sometimes לֹא simply (בַּל in poetry, Is. 14:21).